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Submitter's propaganda below:

Cutler Becket:

1: Literally the worst person in the franchise. Small man. Capitalist. Probably got a bigger killcount than everyone else combined without getting his hands dirty.

2: Bastard

Sliver of Straw: She figured out how to die and then promptly didn't tell the others. There are a lot of interpretations of her. I just think she's cool.

#round 1 #pirates of the carribean #rainworld #I haven't been putting these in fandom tags before but I will be going forwards

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Submitter's propaganda below:

Grillby:

Grillby is an extremely minor character in Undertale. He runs the bar and grill in Snowdin Town, which the protagonist Frisk visits once with Sans in a neutral or pacifist playthrough. He is quite tight-lipped, and only has two WORDS of canonical dialogue which the player needs to go out of their way to find; by backtracking all the way to Snowdin at the very end of the Pacifist Route. (Those words are "......good job.", if you were wondering.) Despite this, Grillby has a fairly devoted fanbase, and fascinatingly, consistent fanon for him has emerged. In the Grillster community in particular, Grillby is often portrayed as a war veteran and one of the few remaining monsters who survived the War Between Humans and Monsters (a war which is the backstory to Undertale, but which is only told through some slides at the beginning of the game, through missable signs and through brief dialogue with a shopkeeper), the others being Toriel, Asgore and Gerson (canonically) but a popular fanon addition being Gaster. His being a monster made entirely of fire is also regularly speculated upon, with a common consensus that he was created as a tool to aid in the war effort. Common themes to fics involving him have emerged, particularly overcoming past traumas and consideration of what constitutes a person. In my opinion, Grillby still thrives as a character outside of this reasonably niche but devoted ship (~300 total works on AO3 if I remember correctly?), and I feel as though his consistent, detailed characterisation in fanfic makes him individually notable enough yet still niche enough for this tournament, rather than Gaster who, despite also only having a very brief appearance in canon, is one of the game's most popular characters.

Beck:

Have you ever heard the story of Beck from Tron: Uprising? It's not a story Disney would tell you. This boy is kept alive by 5 people on tumblr resuscitating his body and not letting him be buried like disney wants him to be. he is a himbo, dom women enjoyer, snarky ass motherfucker voiced by elijah fucking wood. i love him so much

#Round 1

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I’ve accidentally rbed stuff to here multiple times. I usually delete it very quickly so I don’t know if anyone’s noticed, but it has happened!

WRONG FUCKING BLOG. AGAIN.

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I become a side character, I guess.

Fellow poll runners, ask/reblog game! you suddenly become the very thing your poll is about, how fucked are you?

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Submitter’s propaganda below:

Zerako:

1: He is the best I love him he’s genuinely so nice also he banned my friend from the French Revolution so

2: He’s radiant with excitement and also lava I think. Peak queer uncle who isn’t an uncle. Punched a ship engine once to make it fly and it worked.

3: Sweetheart pyromaniac who loves his husband very much

Red Son: he might be too popular, idk, but im love him

#Round 1 #first propaganda submitter if you care to elaborate on him banning your friend from the French revolution I would like to hear

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Submitter’s propaganda below:

Elliot Schafer:

1: hes messed up and scared of being hurt by the people around him so hes mean and annoying to drive them away on purpose. hes so desperate and hungry to be loved because he never has been. hes funny and delightful and definitely not sweet but he’s trying his best to do the right things now. he wants to be better

2: UM. hes like a silly guy! a hardcore pacifist. kind of gets beat up for not saying the right things at any time ever so he starts being annoying on purpose because it's easier that way. he has the military equivalent of a trust fund kid and the most badass elf girl on his side somehow and he's really managing out there!! he has daddy issues... except not really. it's complicated. his dad did everything he was supposed to like cook for him and take him to school but his dad never loved him, and that's just as important too, isn't it? blah blah blah i love him

Kani: So Sushi Pack was a show that existed for like... 2 years before getting cancelled or something and therefore it is... not very popular. I could probably count the amount of people I've met who even know what the show is on one hand. Anyways, Kani is my favorite character, she's a little pink crab who does smart inventor stuff and her catchphrase is a literal pun. She's just adorable and has been my favorite blorbo since I was 7 but nobody knows who she is :( Also she possibly killed somebody in the show because she exploded a building with a guy inside and said guy never appeared or was even mentioned in the rest of the series. Girlboss moment

#Round 1

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Out of curiosity...

*does not mean you told one of your mutuals or a few followres "hey i'm going to make a poll out of this!", or that you admitted to being the mod of this or that to people you know from your main. I mean putting "main is @ urlofmymain" in one of your posts on your bracket blog or in the description.

#no

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I’ve decided to slightly stagger the release of the round one polls, expect them to be posted in small groups across the next couple of days.

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Submitter’s progaganda below:

Carmen Sandiego: None

Seyeon: damn shes fucked up. big time. gaslight gatekeep girlboss in a nutshell. obsessed w this girl… needs to be needed… highkey yandere but she doesnt get her hands dirty. a little hot if im honest

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Submitter’s propaganda below:

Neuro: Master of the mind! He’s a mind reader, and he has a slightly more prominent role in the show that the other elemental masters. He is a very nervous guy, and he can read anyone’s mind. He has such a cool personality and design and I just love him. Never actually want to met the guy, but he is just amazing.

The Toy Soldier: I don't know if The Mechs count as "niche" on Tumblr but they are in general. The Toy Soldier is a Very Spiffing Individual Who Is Very Polite And Violent And I Love It.

#Round 1

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Submitter’s propaganda under the cut:

Crackle: specifically submitting his 60s - 80s design, or his design in the Canadian 2000s commercials!!

Waddles: Such a cute little penguin!

#Round 1

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Submitter’s progaganda below:

Carmen Sandiego: None

Seyeon: damn shes fucked up. big time. gaslight gatekeep girlboss in a nutshell. obsessed w this girl… needs to be needed… highkey yandere but she doesnt get her hands dirty. a little hot if im honest

#Round 1

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Hello and welcome to the Most Dracula bracket, designed to discover the Dracula that is the most Dracula, based on an idea by @who-do-i-know-this-man. Submissions are currently open and will be until (?????) lol.

What is a Dracula? Well, that's incredibly subjective and up to the voting public!

Submission Guidelines

- Must be a Dracula. (not all vampires are Draculas and not all Draculas are vampires. Use your best judgement.)

- Please don't submit the same character multiple times

- That's it, but it's my bracket and Draculas are subject to ineligibility at my discretion.

Submission Form Here!

#Other tournaments

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This is a competition for when there are two characters from different pieces of fiction who you know would hate each other if they met!

Submission form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfo9DdgI77N1uKJYAyiXKi9gsznnbFZgiClM2-acGgO6teRmA/viewform?usp=sf_link

I’m also running @niche-character-competition so expect the releases of these polls to be timed to be between those ones.

Submissions will be open until the 6th of August.

@tournamentdirectory

#Hey folks! I'm also running this if you want to submit characters

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The round one matches will be posted in 4 hours!

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Current round: round one

Tournament bracket on Challonge here https://challonge.com/uq21c1bu

This is a competition for all of your favourite niche characters! Those who don’t normally make it onto polls, or get beaten early by more popular characters.

Rules and submission form to follow.

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The other points still stand, but I do actually have a bracket generated already!

Right, I’ll start sorting out the matches for the first round now! It’s going to take a little while but feel free to send in asks for any reason, I’m always willing to chat! I’ll also accept propaganda before the matches start.

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